SPECIAL  ANNOUNCEMENTS

Church in Central and Eastern Europe
On behalf of the Church in Central and Eastern Europe, thank you! Because of your generous gifts, the Church will be able to build, fix, and maintain structures, educate clergy and seminarians, assist children in orphanages, publish Catholic newspapers, provide scholarships, and so much more. Your gifts will allow the Church in Central and Eastern Europe to continue to flourish and to strengthen and share its belief in the power of the Spirit of Love. Visit www.usccb.org/nationalcollections to see how your gifts are making a difference. The 2009 collection of over $69,000 was greater than the previous year’s. This is a tremendous gift..
For this program St. Cecilia parishioners gave $877.00.

RECYCLED LASER JET & CELL PHONE PROGRAM
The St. Cecilia Knights of Columbus Council is now actively supporting local area Special Olympics through an inkjet, laserjet and cell phone recycling program. You can help by bringing in your used or unusable ink/toner cartridges and cell phones and depositing them in the Recycling Kiosk to the left of the Narthex door as you leave church (under the coat rack). All proceeds are sent directly to Special Olympics in our local area. Get your friends to donate too!

PRAYER WHEEL
“Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they Perform for us in our time of need. I ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Amen”

Please pray for those who have been called to military service:
Cpl. Alexander Fritz, USMC; Lt. David Chapman (Army); Sgt. Gary B. Carter, USAF; 1st Lt. Kraig Kline; S. Sgt. Brian Brogan; U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Swanger; Sgt. Michael Bonner, U.S. Navy; Petty Officer 2nd Class Thomas Snyder, Capt. Stephanie Sido, Capt. William Wren, Army, Capt. Brian Hodge, U.S.A.F.; Lance Corporal Andrew Fremont; Pvt. Ken Zarlingo, PVC Andrew Cato, Army.
Anyone who has a loved one in the armed forces, please call the Parish Off. and let Beth know their name, so they can be listed.

How To Pray As A Catholic - When should I pray? We can pray anytime, of course, since God is always listening. Many Catholics even say little “mini-prayers” throughout the day as they go about their business, such as “Thank you, Lord,” or “Jesus, help me.” But over the centuries believers have also developed habits of praying at certain hours because they found it helped them to recognize God and seek His will at important junctures of the day. Many people, for example, dedicate the day to God as soon as they wake up. Asking God’s blessing is an important way to begin meals and recognize our dependence on His provision. At bedtime, many Catholics review the day as it closes, examine their consciences, and say a prayer of confession and contrition.

We Wish To Recognize And Thank all our advertisers who advertise on our bulletin; please consider them when in need of products and/or services.

Would you like to support St. John Neumann School without any extra out-of-pocket money? There is a simple way to achieve this; begin purchasing Scrip in the back of church starting today! Scrip are gift certificates that are purchased by the school at a discount and sold to you at the retail cost. You pay no extra money, they are dollar for dollar exchange. If our parishioners began buying scrip, in addition to our SJN families, the school would be able to raise a large amount of money to help continue the Catholic education of the children in your parish. Please check in the back of church with the person selling Scrip or contact Beth Warnecke at 288-7437 with questions. You can now order your script on-line.

A few ways you can provide some extra income for St. Cecilia or St. John Neumann.